Ward collections at Lincoln and Pilgrim hospitals

There are a collection of library books on Lincoln and Pilgrim hospital wards and dayrooms for patients to read.

If a patient requires a book please select one from the box in its designated area. For statistical purposes we simply ask that a tick be placed in the issue book provided each time a book is taken.

The following collections are available: 

Lincoln: Johnson, Carlton-Coleby, Stroke, Navenby, Burton, Dixon, Stow, Shuttleworth, Digby, Welton, Greetwell, Hatton, Waddington, Clayton

Pilgrim: M1, M2, Day Room on 3A for the 3rd floor, Day Room on 5A for the 5th floor, Day Room on 8A

Ebooks

Your library service has recently purchased a large range of e-books freely available to you from the comfort of your computer... 

You have now have access to the Medicine and Nursing and Allied Health collections via eBrary.

To access these collections visit

http://site.ebrary.com/lib/ulhnhs

You will need a ULH Athens username & password 

How to use

1. Use either Simple or Advanced search to find authors, titles or keywords. You can sort results by relevance, title or date.

2. To read an e-book click the blue title link

3. Use the InfoTools button to copy or print sections, define and explain keywords, read the author’s biography, and more.

4. The rest of the toolbar along the top allows you to scroll through and magnify the pages, highlight sections or download a copy.

5. You can also save an e-book to your Bookshelf to read at a later date

New topics! What's currently hot?

Three new Hot Topics have been added to our ‘What’s Hot’ section of the HeLLO website. This is designed to keep staff up-to-date with the evidence on projects the Trust is particularly interested in developing or implementing. 

www.hello.nhs.uk/what's_hot.asp

New topics added

• Integrated Care
• Reducing Length of Stay
• Thrombolysis

If you want a new hot topic added to the collection, 
email richard.bridgen@ulh.nhs.uk

For the latest published research on a hot topic, request a literature search

New topics! What's currently hot?

Two new Hot Topics have been added to our ‘What’s Hot’ section of the HeLLO website. This is designed to keep staff up-to-date with the evidence on projects the Trust is particularly interested in developing or implementing.

www.hello.nhs.uk/what's_hot.asp

New hot topics added:

• Patient engagement
• Patient experience

If you want a new hot topic added to the collection, email richard.bridgen@ulh.nhs.uk.

For the latest published research on a hot topic, request a literature search

New smartphone app

There’s a new smartphone app for e-books

eBrary ebooks

You can search, read, and download ebrary e-books bought for ULHT staff by Library and Knowledge Services.

For more information on all smartphone apps available visit

www.hello.nhs.uk/smartphone_apps.asp